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I'll Sink Manhattan

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song nameI'll Sink Manhattan
artistThey Might Be Giants
albumThey'll Need A Crane (EP), Don't Let's Start (LP), Miscellaneous T, Then: The Earlier Years
year1988
first playedJune 17, 1988 (18 known performances)
run time2:32
sung byJohn Flansburgh

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • The unusual vocal sample in the introduction of the song is a message left on Dial-A-Song (back when it was taking messages) by a member of the New York Police Department, played backwards. When played normally, it says: "Thanks a lot guys. From the NYPD. We love you."
  • Flansburgh: "This song is about falling in love, and then falling out of love with that person, and then killing everyone in Manhattan." (Shows/1989-11-25)
  • The title came from lamppost graffiti, and it turned out to be the name of a band, although Flansburgh didn't know it at the time he wrote the song. Apparently the band didn't appreciate Flans using their name.

[edit] Song Themes

Backwards, Bad English, Cities, Criminal Activities, Death, Fire, Forgetting, Remembering, Friendship, I've Got A, Love Gone Sour, Me, New York City, No, Not In 4-4 Time, Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, Plans, Sea, Size, Telephony

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